The word most often used by the people I talked to when discussing the 2011 vintage in Spain was dry. It was a dry year indeed, and in many cases early, breaking some records for earliest harvest...

See the introduction to this five-part series here . Last, but not least, is Atrio . Atrio is in Cáceres, which is not in 'the heart of La Rioja' as we have read somewhere, but in...

See the introduction to this five-part series here . I wish Monvinic were in my city rather than 600 kilometres away from me. I would make it my local wine bar in no time at all....

See the introduction to this five-part series here . Villa Mas is quite a different animal. Certainly an unusual one. It is a beach restaurant in touristy S'Agaró-Sant Feliu de...

See yesterday's introduction and first favourite restaurant here . Celler de Can Roca is probably my overall favourite restaurant in Spain. That is hard to say, because, as in wine,...

This is the first of this week's five-part guide to the best restaurant wine lists in Spain by our Spanish correspondent. Tuesday features Luis' overall favourite, Celler de Can Roca , Wednesday...

Well, I could introduce myself, but Jancis does that here and anyway I would rather tell you what I like and dislike. It might help you calibrate your palate against mine, my opinion against...

For the sixth year in a row, winners of the New Wave Spanish Wine Awards were shown off to us British wine writers, this year in the scorching, decidedly Spanish temperatures experienced earlier...

Victor de la Serna, deputy editor of the Spanish daily El Mundo , eminent wine writer and now wine producer at Finca Sandoval in Manchuela, kicks off our report on the 2009 harvest in Spain. His...

Updated on 9 and 10 Jul. I went to this year's tasting of the winners of the New Wave Spanish Wine Awards yesterday. This is an annual competition involving judging samples of...

Earlier this week, Richard Hemming reported on some of the great-value Spanish reds he tasted at this year's large generic tasting of wines from Spain (pictured here - spot the wine trade...

In a nutshell : Land of American oak, increasing ambition, sherry, and low-yielding bush vines. Main grapes : Tempranillo, Garnacha (Grenache) (reds); Airén, Viura/Macabéo,...

Just in case you read my rant about red wines that leave my palate feeling scrubbed by sandpaper rather than having attractive tannins, I thought it only fair to be a bit more specific....

The following wines won trophies in the recent New Wave Spanish Wine Awards 2007 organised by Wines from Spain in London and judged by the panel of eminent British tasters listed below. Note how...

Spanish wine really must be hot. I’ve been to two fine wine tasting lunches in the last few days with Berry Bros and Justerini & Brooks respectively and both had a Spanish theme,...